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AIIUAHAM LINCOLN ON IKOIIIBITION
Tbo liquor trailic i a cancer in society
gating out its vitals and threatening de
struction und alj attempts to regulate it
will not only prove abortive but aggra
T9thQ evil
If the prohibition of slavery is good
Jbr the black -man the prohibition of
2e liquor traffic is equally good and
constitutional for the white man
3iere must be no more attempta to
sagulate the cancer liquor traffic it
aaust be eradicated for until this be
dbno all classes must continue exposed
to become the victims of strong drink
3ha most effectual remedy would be
be passage of a law altogether abolish
ing the liquor traffic
After reconstruction the nest great
ouestion will be the overthrow of the
Equor traffic April 13 18GH
Law must protect and conserve right
things and if there is any evil jn the
5nd that threatens society or indivi
ctoals more than another it is tho liq
sor traffic 1853
Under the license system the saloons
multiply drunkards
At the last meeting of the WCTU
Sptember 14th the following officers
wre elected for the coming year
Mrs M J Stevens president Mrs
Whner vice president Mrs C Mc
3ride recording secretary Mrs H A
Souch treasurer
3he ladies of our union have under
taken to supply the city of McCook
sejtb a drinking fountain Contribu
tions will be gladly received from any
sho may desire to aid in this cause
W C T U Press Sec
CITY CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Christian Bible school at 10 a m
teaching at 11 a m and 8 p m C E
a5 7 p m All are welcome
R M Ainsworth Pastor
Episcopal Preaching services at St
Aibans church at 11 a m and 730 p
38u Sunday school at 10 a m All
3ra welcome to these services
E R Earle Rector
StsHOLic Order of services Mass
Jhs m Mass and sermon 1000 a m
Srening service at 8 oclock Sunday
soaool 230 p m Every Sunday
Wm J Kirwin O M I
Baptist Sunday school at 10 a m
Preaching service at 1100 a m Even
ing service at S00 B Y P U at 7 p m
A most cordial invitation is extended to
ail to worship with us
E Burton Pastor
Christian Science Services Sun
Say at 11 a m and Wednesday at 8 p
3 Meetings held in the Morris block
22oom open all the time Science litera
ture on sale Subject for next Sunday
Substance
Methodist Sunday school at 10 a m
JE53cbing at 11 and 8 Labor Day ser
3oa Epworth League at 7 Prayer
meeting Wednesday night at 8 A
cordial welcome to all
M B Carman Pastor
Evangelical Lutheran Regular
German preaching services in the court
room of the McCook court house every
Sunday morning at 1030 All Germans
xnd Russians cordially invited
Rev Wm Brueggeman
307 5th st East
Congregational Sunday school at
ISVa m Preaching at 11 am and 8 pm
lay pastor Junior C E at 3 p m
Senior C E at 7 p m Prayer meet
lag Wednesday evening at eight oclock
22sa public is cordially invited to these
3jTices
G B Hawkes Pastor
EPWORTH LEAGUE NOTES
Miss Ethel Glandon departed last
Saturday for Lincoln Neb where she
r31 visit friends for a week and then go
on to Chicago to enter the Chicago
f fsaining School for a two years course
Zsx Christian work Miss Ethel has
Seen a great church and Epworth Lea-
se worker here and will be greatly
xaissed but she felt the call to a wider
Ssld and goes to prepare for it A fare
3E11 reception and shower was given by
Sut league in her honor Miss Glandon
possesses a genial and beautiful Christ
ina character and a host of friends bid
exxSed speed
Mh 35 E Culbertson will lead Ep
wjth league at the M E church Sun
fey night the 13th at 7 oclock sharp
S9 subject is The Christians Path
tFano All are cordially invited
A Guaranteed Cure For Piles
Itching Blind Bleeding or Protrud
ing Piles Druggists refund money if
5520 Ointment fails to cure any case
no matter of how long standing in 6tol4
sja First application gives ease and
last 50c If your drueeist hasnt it
S2d52c in stamps and it will be for
jjtarded postpaid by Paris Medicine Co
E6 Louis Mo
Bought the Pastime
Ifcsfr Saturday W H Harmon closed
Sa deal for the purchase of the Pastime
fSeatre in the Fahrenbruch building on
ISestB street The Pastime was
few weeks since by Mrs Linnie
of Sheridan Wyoming and man-
ssjsd by H O Woodbeck J
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PRIMARY ELECTION SEPT 1 1908
Following We Give the Official Totals of
the Votes Cast Last Week
Below and following we give tho re
sult in totals of tho primary election
held in Red Willow county September
1 1903
FOR PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CON
STITUTION WITH REFERENCE TO THE
INVESTMENT OF THE PERMA
NENT PCHOOL FUND
Republican 389
Democrat 152
Peoples Independent G
Prohibition 7
Socialist 5
AGAINST PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTITUTION WITH REFERENCE TO
THE INVESTMENT OF THE PER
MANENT SCHOOL FUND
Republican 48
Democrat 37
Peoples Independent 3
Prohibition 0
Socialist 4
FOR PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CON
STITUTION RELATING TO JUDI
CIAL POWERS
Republican 335
Democrat 137
Peoples Independent 5
Prohibition 5
Socialist 4
AGAINST PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTITUTION RELATING TO JU
DICIAL POWERS
Republican 55
Democrat 44
Peoples Independent 2
Prohibition 1
Socialist 5
ELECTORS AT LARGE
Bell R 691
Langer R 578
Gering D 252
Harrington D 231
Smith D 108
Gering P 1 9
Harrington P 1 10
Potts P I 5
Harrington P X
Potts P 1
Batton Soc 20
Phillips Soc 20
ELECTORS FIFTH DISTRICT
Luce R 712
Swanson D 314
Swanson P 1 10
Lafferton Pro 4
Nichol Pro 4
Legler Soc 22
GOVERNOR
Sheldon R 823
Shallenberger D 252
Dahlman D 24
Berge D 72
Berge P 1 4
Shallenberger P 1 8
Teeter Pro 9
Harbaugh Soc 13
Walker Soc 7
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Hopewell R 724
Garrett D 152
Grimson T 53
Tibbetts D 121
Linch Pro 10
Jorgenson Soc 16
Rodgers Soc 4
secretary of state
Junkin R 710
Gatewood D 242
Mattes Jr D 82
Gatewood P 1 9
Wcltt6Sj Jr jr A o
Hockenberger Pro 7
Aberly Soc 21
auditor
k Idea R 192
Allen R 78
Antles R 27
Barton R 262
Haynes R 32
McKesson R 43
Pierce R 53
Luikart D 153
Price D 177
Luikart PI 8
STATE TREASURER
BrianR 707
Mackev D 315
MackeyP1 12
SUPT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
Bishop R 420
Carrington R 118
Delzell R 95
Martin R 80
Abbott D 29S
Abbott PI 12
Schell Soc 19
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Thompson R 690
Fleharty D Ill
Quackenbush D 91
Terry D 116
Fleharty PI 3
Quackenbush PI 4
Terry PI 5
Tracey Soc 15
Nye Soc 4
LAND COMMISSIONER
Cowles R 392
Husenetter R 63
Sams R 54
Shively R 192
Eastham D 231
iYl Q U U 6 1 f XJ Idb
JIjHSluIiI jtX y
Manuel PI 3
Thompson Pro S
RAILWAY COMMISSIONER
Aarons xv J00
aDDOuv XV - ii
Hedlund R 168
Karr R 105
Van Wagenen R 5
Wallace R 76
Williams R 175
Brophy D 79
CowgiP D 244
xiropny xrx tt
Cowgill Pl 7
Finkenkeller Soc 19
CONGRESSMAN FJFTH DISTRICT
NorrisR 797
Ash ton D o2
isnton xrx o
Larkey Soc 18
STATE SENATOR TWENTY NINTH DISTRICT
Cordeal R 516
Gammill R 314
Hasty R 50
Matthews D 166
Sheridan D 158
Sheridan PI 6
Matthews PI 1
Wicks Soc 6
REPRESENTATIVE SIXTY FIFTH DISTRICT
Moore R 460
Pennington R v 398
Hoppe D 174
LehnD 154
Hoppe PI 3
Simonsen Soc 7
Falden Soc 3
COUNTY ATTORNEY
Reeder R 511
Smith R 38G
Dodge D 267
COUNTY SURVEYOR
Kelley R 692
Barber D 8
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Gockley R 26
Lofton R 123
Miller R 50
Morgan R 106
ReedD 25
RED WILLOW FIRST THIS TIME
Added a First This Year to the Second
Prize Carried Off Last Year
It will be more than gratifying news
to the people of Red Wiilow county to
learn that the county exhibit made last
week at the state fair in Lincoln so
cured and was awarded the first prize in
county exhibits in the Western section
of the state the state being divided
into sections in this contest
It will be remembered that Red Wil
low was awarded the second prize last
year when it was attached to the Cet
tral section in the separation
This year as last the exhibit was
prepared by Messrs Stephen Holies
and William Hiersekorn and to these
gentlemen is due the credit for both
prizes and for an exhibition prepared
and arranged in such an artistic and
harmonious scheme as to call for favor
able comment from both the Lincoln
Journal and the Omaha Bee
We congratulate both of the gentle
men and Red Willow county at the
same time
VOODOO DOCTORS
Belief of Negroes In Their Ability to
Work Spells
A well educated and clever negro in
Philadelphia related with obvious sin
cerity an experience of his own with
a famous voodoo doctor of that city
who had grown rich from his wiz
ardry
Once a person had a writ out
against me this negro said The
constable had it The magistrate was
set against me I went and got a
charm from the doctor I met my
enemy but I was not seen I met
the constable and he walked by and
never noticed me The magistrate did
what he had never done before for
got all about it The voodoo stopped
it all
This same negro related another in
cident of his experience
Once I was nearly killed by a voo
doo black cat which used to come into
the house I threw a stick and hit it
It was a witch It tormented me I
was ridden in dreams like a horse I
suffered terribly I was dying I went
to the voodoo doctor I paid him 5
for a spell That night I awoke The
window was open the moon was shin
ing I saw the little black witch hov
ering up and down there She was
smaller than in her own body She
wore a very big old fashioned bonnet
Her face was like that of the cat But
she did not come any closer to - me
Then she faded away That ended it
The belief is prevalent among the
negroes that witches have power to as
sume the forms of various animals
In South Carolina a means employed
to guard against such visitations is to
scatter rice or similar small grains
thickly over the floor in the form of a
cross Before the witch can approach
her victim she must devour every
grain This task is too tedious for
her patience and she takes herself off
Marvin Dana iu Metropolitan Maga
zine
The Silver Rabbit
There is a kind of rabbit which
atiounds in Lincolnshire England and
is called the silver rabbit Its fur
is of a delicate silvery gray Although
it is little prized in England its skins
are shipped in enormous numbers to
different parts of Asia especially Tar
tary and China where the fur is con
sidered the fittest thing for monarchs
to wear Only the richest can afford
it there so heavy is the price de
manded
Tho Daring Pike
The boldness of a pike is very ex
traordinary I have seen one follow a
bait within a foot of the spot where
I have been standing and the head
keeper of Richmond park assured me
that he was once washing his hand at
the side of a boat in the great pond
in that park when a pike made a dart
at it and he had but just time to with
draw it
A gentleman now residing in Wey
bridge in Surrey informed me that
walking one day by the side of tho
river Wey near that town he saw a
large pike in a shallow creek TJe im
mediately pulled off his coat tucked
up his shirt sleeves and went into the
water to intercept the return of the fish
to the river and to endeavor to throw
it upon the bank by getting his hands
under it
During this attempt the pike find
ing he could not make his escape
seized one of the arms of the gentle
man and lacerated it so much that
the wound took a month to heal
London Fishing Gazette
The Eastern Question
Paw have you ever been east
Yes I spent a year in New York
city when I was considerably younger
than I am now
Well what is the eastern ques
tion
The only one I ever heard was
How much is he worth Chicago
Tribune
MYSTERY OF THOUGHT
Try to Concentrate Your Mind on Ono
Theme For Five Minutes
A St Louis physician who has given
much nttentlon to the study of mental
disease in Us various phases though
as he snys himself not enough to qual
ify as nu alienist has a curious theory
with regard to concentration of thought
on any particular subject
His idea Is that no human can so
fix his mind on any special topic us
to avoid even for a moment the errant
thoughts that come and go not only
without our volition but in spite of
our most earnest efforts at mental ap
plication
He goes so far as to muintaiu that
nobody but a monomaniac can think
of one subject continuously for five
minutes and even believes that the
ability to do so is one evidence of
something wrong in the upper story
I once heard the subject discussed
by a party of Intelligent men and one
of the number was so confident of his
ability to think of one subject an in
definite length of time that he roused
his opponents to the point of making a
test
If you can repeat the Lords Prayer
and then declare upon your word of
honor that you have not thought of
anything else while doing it Ill make
you a present of a horse and saddle
and bridle
The confident one took up the chal
lenge and iu order to fix his mind
requested the company to keep still un
til he got through Then with frown
ing brows and tightly drawn face he
began aloud and went slowly and ap
parently with the most determined at
tention straight through the prayer
After he said amen and opened his
eyes he was asked how he had got
along with his task
Its a failure gentlemen I didnt
get to the end of hallowed be thy
name before I wondered what kind of
a horse it was going to be and before
I reached thy will be done I thought
about black saddles and white saddles
and about the horse again then of the
bridle and the rein whether they
would be of light or dark leather
then of old Pete a horse my father
had and how he threw me over his
keadevben I switched him with a lo
cust thorn branch then of a mare that
kicked old Pete in the ribs while they
were in the pasture together and left
the imprint of both shoes on his side
and before I reached ameu I thought
of a drove of wild horses that used to
be out on tho plains and what a pile of
money a man would make by round
ing them all up and selling them for
farm horses
I did think I could fix my mind on
one thing for awhile but when I
tried my brains seemed to scatter like
an old fashioned shotgun St Louis
Globe Democrat
An Eccentric Will
In the year 173G a gentleman living
in England named Samuel Baldwyn
died after a somewhat unhappy mar
ried life By his will Mr Baldwyn
left his property to his young wife on
the condition that she should from time
to time dance upon his grave
The motive for this strange request
was evident when the instructions for
his interment were read Mr Baldwyn
desired that his remains should be tak
en by boat to the Needles and then
cast in the sea This singular wish
enabled him to revenge himself on his
wife for past disagreements and the
widow lost the property as she could
not fulfill the conditions of her hus
bands bequest
The Word Ogre
Old fashioned etymologists used to
say that the word ogre commemorat
ed the sufferings of Europe during the
ninth and tenth centuries at the hands
of the ravaging Oigours or Uuns
This derivation however is now aban
doned Ogre which reached the
French language by way of Italian and
Spanish is really Orcus the Latin hell
afterward the god of the underworld
In Romanesque folklore this god be
came a shaggy black man devouring
monster with a particular taste for
lost babes in the wood
One View of the Kiss
The olfactory kiss is Mongolian The
nutritive affair is European The Mon
golian kiss is with the nose The Eu
ropean kiss is with the mouth
The Mongolian kiss indicates that
the party rnifud would be an agree
able prey The European variety indi
cates that i lie party embraced would
make a doki tablc nifal
They art but Jhi different forms of
the same of preservation the
give and fic o wild beasts Ex
change
Art cf tho Cjpcrizr Cmilr
The supiri a us vfisl accoai
pisIiiKMt fur any yoig man li
much in vii- t xw iKiiviriiii
where it mv 1 stud it irs Uvi u
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in after life t is an srHhsit iv r
for a nakl mind and should hi sn icit
after by parliamentary candidates
Oxford Varrity
Fleering Papa
Five-year-old Tommy was hohrx prt
through a test in numbers before the
admiring family one day at dinner
Finally papa asked him the question
that had proved the Waterloo of the
older children in past years
Now Tommy said papa how
many are two apples and three pears
Five fruits promptly answered
Tommy Delineator
We exaggerate misfortune and hap
piness alike We are never either so
wretched or so happy as we say vre
are Balzac
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SEA BATHING
The Effects of Salt Air and Water on
tbe Human Body
There Is a reason why parents havo
in nil times nnd Iu all ages endeavored
to give their children the benefit of sea
air and sea bathing An Italian physi
cian Gerosa tells ahout it
It Is agroed he says that all living
organisms began their first existence in
salt water nnd that as a result the hu
man body and indeed every animal
body is largely made up of salt If
you taste your blood or your tears
which are the extract of blood you
will find that both are quite salt in
flavor More than this however every
living being possesses within his body
in the cellular stage all those strange
marine organisms which we study so
curiously in museums And seeing
says Gerosa that the amount of sea
water contained In every body Is equal
to one third of that bodys weight it is
clear that in the lnfiniteslmally rudi
mentary form all known marino life
must be present In the blood The re
sult is that when we bathe in the sea
or breathe the sea air we replace the
amount of essential salt which is con
stantly decreasing In the system and
all unconsciously to ourselves weak
ening it Salt water says Gerosa Is
really the main principle of life since
it is the first condition of existence
which the living organisms knew It
is therefore always good for the body
whether it be enjoyed at the seaside or
brought in bottles from the sea In
particular Is It very valuable in the
case of weakling children and there is
no bodily stimulant so Invigorating to
tho very young as sea water
THE VOODOO IN HAITI
Human Sacrifices to tho Gcd cf the
Serpent
There is ample proof that human be
ings have been offered as sacrifices to
the god of the serpent in Haiti A
French archbishop of the island de
scribes a visit made by one of the
priests to a voodoo assembly The
man had disguised himself as a negro
and he was thus able to mingle unde
tected with the crowd in the obscurity
outside the sacred circle After the
white cock and white goat had been
slain and offered up and their blood
had been sprinkled on the company a
burly young negro came forward and
prostrated himself before the priestess
Then still kneeling he made his
prayer
O maman I have a favor to ask of
thee
What is it my son said the
negress encouragingly
Wilt thou not give us to complete
the sacrifice the goat without horns
The priestess gave a sign of assent
The crowd roundabout separated and
there was revealed a child sitting with
Its feet bound The French priest
rushed away in search of assistance in
preventing the unholy rite but the
authorities on whom he called were
strangely slothful When finally on
the day following they arrived at the
place of assembly they found the
grewsome remains of a sacrifice and a
feast among them the boiled skull of
the child Marvin Dana in Metropoli
tan Magazine
When Men Hurry
Singular said a man waiting for a
train on an elevated railroad platform
and looking down a street to where a
hundred men and boys had gathered
around two wagons that had come to
gether iu collision there are a hun
dred men standing around those two
wagons just standing tUere gawping
apparently with nothing else to do
and not in a bit of a hurry but let any
one of those men come up the stairs
to this platform when there is a train
coming in and hed rush and hurry and
tear himself apart to catch that train
and get glum if he missed it though
he knew very well that thered be an
other train here in a minute Let him
miss a train by a second and he
thinks the world is coming to an end
let him see somebody hoisting a safe
up the outside of a building and he
will stop and waste half an hour
now do you account for that
New York Sun
Mms dc Struves Wit
Secretary Elaine had said of Mme
de Struve that she was the brightest
woman he had ever met and every
body who knew her agreed with this
verdict Her knowledge of English
was remarkable even for a Russian
and her sallies were famous For in
stance the day when Secretary Bay
ard was made head of the American
diplomatic service his daughter Miss
Kate Bayard said laughingly to a
young secretary oC legation Remem
ber I am now daughter of your chief 1
to which came quick as a flash the
retort from Mme de Struves lips
Oh we all know that you are miss
chief Army and Navy Life
His Terms Varied
I give a little reception next Thurs
day evening and I should like some
music piano solos particularly What
would be your terms Thus a lady
to a professional instrumentalist
Eef I go zere simply as a musician
was the reply und blay my selections
und leave I gharge fife guineas but
eef I must go as a guest und spend ze
whole evenings talking to von pack of
fools I gharge den guineas--London
Graphic
A Sure Thing
She Did father say anything about
you being too young He Well yes
but he said Id age pretty rapidly after
we were married and I found I had to
pay your bills Illustrated Bits
A happiness that Is quite undis
turbed becomes tiresome we must
have ups and downs Moliere
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you would do well to see
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